Thursday, October 08, 2009

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Pregnant Women ... Avoid Consuming Excessive Cinnamon

Did you know, cinnamon can affect a child's brain development if consumed in excess when pregnant? According to the Finnish science expert, pregnant women who consume cinnamon in large numbers would risk the intelligence level of children. They were also belief spice plants can make your baby has a weak concentration and hyperactive behavior. "Pregnant women should avoid cinnamon in excessive amounts," said Prof. Katri Raikkonen, who was involved in the study.

The research team from the Universities of Edinburgh and Helsinki, the belief that one of the ingredients in cinnamon called Glycyrrhiza can damage the placenta and stress hormones in the mother dropped to their babies. At high levels of this hormone can affect a baby's brain development while still in the womb and cause behavioral problems in children.

In this study researchers tested the memory, vocabulary and the ability of the 321 children aged eight years. While the mother was asked to fill out a detailed questionnaire about the child's behavior. This research was conducted by not seeing the mother's level of intelligence that contains or other environmental factors that affect children. They also did not collect data other foods consumed during pregnancy the mother. State of Finland was chosen as the study because cinnamon is very popular there.

Research results have been published in the American Journal of Epidemiology shows, children whose mothers consumed a lot of cinnamon when pregnant, have poor performance on intelligence tests than other children. They also tend to be more aggressive and become a person who bullies. Meanwhile, previous studies also mentioned that consume excessive cinnamon can increase the risk of babies born early. Although cinnamon is not entered into the list of foods that should be avoided if pregnant women, but the Food Standards Agency in Finland suggest that expectant mothers pay more attention to the amount of cinnamon intake that they consume because of their high sugar content.

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